A ceremony of carols and other Christmas celebrations

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aculty of Music University of Toronto

University Women’s Chorus

James Pinhorn, conductor

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Monday, November 29, 1993
8 pm
Walter Hall Edward Johnson Building

PROGRAMME

A Ceremony of Carols Benjamin Britten
Procession (1913 - 1976)
Wolcum Yole !

There Is No Rose
That Yonge Child solo: Rosalind Mills
Balulalow solo: Kirsten Fielding
As Dew in Aprille
This Little Babe
Interlude :
In Freezing Winter Night solo: Kirsten Fielding
Spring Carol duet: Rosanna Senatore, soprano

Jessica Severin, mezzo soprano
Deo Gracias
Recession

Julia Seager, harpist

from the Place of the Blest Randall Thompson
III. The Place of the Blest (1899 - 1984)
II. The Pelican

INTERMISSION

Angels Are Everywhere Daniel Pinkham
Angels Are Everywhere (6. 1923)
The Angel At Eden’s Gate
The Angel In The Fiery Furnace
The Angel In The Manger
The Angel On The Cloud
The Angels On The Head Of A Pin

Magnificat Ralph Vaughan Williams

(1872 - 1958)
Kate Anderson, flautist

Ayelet Porzecanski, mezzo soprano

Ceremony of Carols Benjamin Britten
Translation of Movements 1 and 11

Hodie Christus natus est Today Christ is born;

hodie Salvator apparuit today the Saviour has appeared;

hodie in terra canunt Angeli today the Angels sing,

laetantur Archangeli the Archangels rejoice,

hodie exsultant justi today the righteous rejoice,

dicentes saying:

Gloria in excelsis Deo, Glory to God in the highest,

alleluia. Alleluia.

Angels Are Everywhere Daniel Pinkham

Angels Are Everywhere was commissioned by The American Boychoir, The
Glen Ellyn Children's Chorus and The Phoenix Boys Choir under the
Consortium Commissioning Program of The National Endowment for the Arts
in 1987. Both the text and the music were composed by Daniel Pinkham, a
rare scenario in most choral music. The work explores the importance of

"angels" both in religious works, and in folk lore, as well as their inevitable
presence in the young child's imagination.

Tonight's Conductor

James Pinhorn is a native of St. John's, Newfoundland where he appeared
frequently on both CBC Radio and Television as a boy soprano and actor. He
moved to Toronto in 1985 and completed a Bachelor of Music in Vocal
Performance at the University of Toronto. During a year of Special Studies in
Elementary Education and Choral Conducting at the University of Toronto, Mr.
Pinhorn served as the Assistant Conductor of the Concert Choir conducted by
Professor Doreen Rao. He then served as conductor of the University Chorus at
the University of Toronto for two years before accepting his present post. He is
a vocal coach for the Toronto Mendelssohn Youth Choir conducted by Robert
Cooper, and is currently a music teacher with the Scarborough Board of
Education.

The University Women's Chorus

The University Women's Chorus began in 1986 under the direction of Michael
Coghlan and was conducted by Anne Cooper Gay from 1988 to the spring of
1993. The present conductor began his leadership in September 1993. The
repertoire of the Women's Chorus spans a broad spectrum, from early music to
contemporary Canadian composers, and from works composed for young voices
to the more challenging works composed for adult choruses.

The chorus was the first University of Toronto Choir to receive an award in the
CBC Radio Choral Competition, which led to the commissioning of a work,
Missa Brevis, by the well-known composer Dr. Derek Holman. Two
movements from this excellent work will be performed at the Christmas
Holiday Concert on December 4 of this season in MacMillan Theatre. The
Women's Chorus embarked on its first tour in 1993, to Cornell University in
Ithaca, New York, and has also premiered new works by student composers.
During this season, the University Women's Chorus will premiere a work
written for the chorus by student composer Jeffrey Koene entitled Dormi Jesu.
A highlight of the upcoming season will be a joint concert with the Radcliffe
Choral Society from Harvard University, on March 31, 1993 at 8 pm in Walter
Hall.

Soprano 1
Jennifer Coombs, Toronto, Ontario

Kirsten Fielding, London, Ontario
Lesley Lobo, Scarborough, Ontario
Eva Mezo, Scarborough, Ontario
Lisa Nyman, Etobicoke, Ontario
Sophie Park, Toronto, Ontario
Sylvia Richardson, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Rosanna Senatore, Toronto, Ontario
Nelly Shin, Toronto, Ontario

Soprano 2
Caterina Allegretti, Toronto, Ontario

Luiiza Fernandez, Etobicoke, Ontario
Julia Fong, Unionville, Ontario
Eun Sung Julie Kim, Brantford, Ontario

Tracy Lai, Toronto, Ontario

Rosalind Mills, Calgary, Alberta

Lisa Paul, Scarborough, Ontario

Christine Pastor, Toronto, Ontario
Ayelet Porzecanski, Victoria, British Columbia

Galina Zisk, Kiev, Ukraine

Alto 1
Jenet Chung, Thornhill, Ontario
Wakana Iwaki, Toronto, Ontario
Hwa-Ing Arianne Kwek, Willowdale, Ontario
Cecelia Lee, Toronto, Ontario
Jessica Severin, Niagra on the Lake, Ontario
Josephine Sgro, Etobicoke, Ontario
Urszula Starzec, Toronto, Ontario
Sarah Stratton, Sarnia, Ontario
Saho Suzuki, Richmond Hill, Ontario

Alto 2
Rachel Aide, Willowdale, Ontario
Winnie Au, Scarborough, Ontario
Barbara Byczko, Midland, Ontario
Adrienne Chan, North York, Ontario
Margaret Honsberger, Scarborough, Ontario
Gwen Norton, Oakville, Ontario
Natalie Oswin, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
Anna Maria Tiberio, Markham, Ontario
Lisa Toussaint, Scarborough, Ontario .

David Jones: Accompanist/Manager/Librarian

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Join us for
A Christmas Holiday Concert
with the
University of Toronto Women's Chorus
University of Toronto Symphony Chorus
& Faculty of Music Brass Ensemble

Doreen Rao & James Pinhorn, conductors

Programme

Gloria Tibi Bernstein

The Birds

A Ceremony of Carols Britten

Ode to Music Williamson

Gloria Holman
Henderson

The Holy Birth Cabena

Three Slumber Songs Binkerd

Audience Participation
Carols & Cookies during Intermission
& MORE !
Saturday, December 4, 1993
8 pm
MacMillan Theatre
Edward Johnson Building
Tickets $10/$5 - Box Office 978-3744

Bring a non-perishable food item to the Box Office for a Dollar Off Admission

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